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Ceramic
Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Found at Chania (ancient Kydonia; see on Pleiades), Kastelli Hill

Photographed on display in the Archaeological Museum of Chania, Crete, Greece

Ceramic
Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Found at Chania (ancient Kydonia; see on Pleiades), Kastelli Hill

A series of paired holes drilled through the vessel attest to an ancient repair.

Photographed on display in the Archaeological Museum of Chania, Crete, Greece

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Greek Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Made locally
Found on Ischia (ancient Pithekoussai/Pithecusae; see on Pleiades: island, settlement), Mazzola, Structure II, beneath a stone of the foundations

The retrograde Greek inscription, made pre-firing:
---]ινος μ'εποιεσ[ε] "...inos made me"

This is the earliest known artist's signature from the Greek world, unfortunately for poor ...inos. The figural scene, also incomplete, may represent a sphinx

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Pithecusae, Villa Arbusto, Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Campania, Italy
Inv. 239083

Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.

Greek Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Imported?
Found on Ischia (ancient Pithekoussai/Pithecusae; see on Pleiades: island, settlement) Lacco Ameno, Monte di Vico, scarico Gosetti

The retrograde Greek inscription in added white:
λειτ[--- ?

Photographed on display in the Museo Archeologico di Pithecusae, Villa Arbusto, Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Campania, Italy
Inv. 170144

Cretan Late Geometric period, ca. 720-700 BCE
Found in the Idaean Cave (see on Pleiades)

At the prow of the ship are represented a warrior and a female figure, perhaps to be interpreted as Theseus and Ariadne; behind, five oarsmen. Above, a figure milks a cow. Below, another figure pets a dog.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

Cretan Late Geometric-Early Archaic period, ca. 730-680 BCE
Found in the Idaean Cave (see on Pleiades)

The relief decoration is interpreted as representing the myth of Zeus and the Kouretes (Curetes, Korybantes), and reflects stylistic trends of contemporary Assyrian artistic production; it may have been produced locally or imported.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Boeotian Late Geometric period, ca. 725-675 BCE
From Boiotia

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Inv. 664

Late Geometric period, ca. 750-700 BCE(?)
From Crete(?)

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Inv. 3001

Late Geometric period, ca. 750-700 BCE(?)
From Crete(?)

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Inv. 3000

Boeotian Late Geometric period, ca. 725-675 BCE
From Boiotia

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Inv. 2587

Photo 13,000

Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric period, ca. 750-730 BCE
Made on Euboea (see on Pleiades)
Found at Veii (see on Pleiades), Quattro Fontanili necropolis, tomb GG14-15

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy

Iron Age, Baba Jan III period, ca. 8th c. BCE (found in a fire destruction layer, possibly due to an Assyrian attack, of ca. 700 BCE)
Excavated at Bābā Jān Tepe (see on Pleiades; Wikipedia), Luristan, Iran

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Allocated by the University of London, Institute of Archaeology, 1968
Inv. AN1968.1527
collections.ashmolean.org/object/462812

Iron Age, Baba Jan III period, ca. 8th c. BCE (found in a fire destruction layer, possibly due to an Assyrian attack, of ca. 700 BCE)
Excavated at Bābā Jān Tepe (see on Pleiades; Wikipedia), Luristan, Iran

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Allocated by the University of London, Institute of Archaeology, 1968
Inv. AN1968.1528
collections.ashmolean.org/object/462813

Iron Age, Baba Jan III period, ca. 8th c. BCE (found in a fire destruction layer, possibly due to an Assyrian attack, of ca. 700 BCE)
Excavated at Bābā Jān Tepe (see on Pleiades; Wikipedia), Luristan, Iran

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Allocated by the University of London, Institute of Archaeology, 1968
Inv. AN1969.34
collections.ashmolean.org/object/462815

Greek Late Geometric period, ca. 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Excavated at Al-Mina (see on Pleiades; Wikipedia) at the mouth of the Orontes river, on the coast of ancient Syria, now southeastern Turkey, in 1936 by Leonard Woolley.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1936
Inv. AN1937.408
collections.ashmolean.org/object/467281

Greek Late Geometric period, ca. 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Excavated at Al-Mina (see on Pleiades; Wikipedia) at the mouth of the Orontes river, on the coast of ancient Syria, now southeastern Turkey, in 1936 by Leonard Woolley.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1936
Inv. AN1937.409
collections.ashmolean.org/object/462527